Stop it, Taoist, Your Fight almost Ruins the DAO!

"Big brother, big brother is back."

"Yay, big brother is back, Second brother, come out quickly."

Seeing Yi Chen's silhouette descend from afar, Qing Feng and Ming Yue stopped their frolic and ran towards him, shouting joyfully.

"Yo, Qing Feng, Ming Yue, how come you haven't grown much taller after so long?"

"Too low purity, nothing like big brother."

Looking at the two little ones hugging his thighs on each side, Yi Chen joked with a grin, then casually hoisted each onto his shoulders.

Dealing with a group of cunning old foxes every day, Yi Chen found the innocent laughter of Qing Feng and Ming Yue rather healing.

"Big brother, you're back."

A tall and skinny figure strode out quickly from the distant palace.

Unlike Qing Feng and Ming Yue, Qing Yunzi had shot up in height like a bamboo plant, already nearing about one meter eighty, with a poised demeanor, handsome features, and a piercing gaze.

Looking up at Yi Chen's towering figure, Qing Yunzi's gaze was complex.

He was no longer the naïve man he used to be, having been out and about, he had come to understand just how valuable Yi Chen's strength was now.

Great Qin had been established for many years, and the appointment of a State Preceptor was unprecedented.

Qing Yunzi thought back to that night three years ago when the evil Tiger Gang attacked, and big brother solemnly told him:

"Let all sins fall upon me, with the qi of the heavens vast and mighty, my path shall thrive and surge."

"The future of Hidden Dragon Temple will depend on you."

Now, Qing Yunzi suspected that big brother's words back then were just to motivate him...

After traveling for several months, Qing Yunzi had his own fortunate encounter, inheriting the legacy of his ancestors, and had astonishingly advanced to the ninth layer of the True Person Realm.

However, the greater his fortune seemed to be, the more he understood the sheer terror of big brother's talent.

While he was still striving to ascend to True Monarch, big brother had already achieved the status of Break-Limit True Monarch.

"Yo, little junior brother, not only has your height grown, but your cultivation has as well. However, your physique is too scrawny, you still need to train more."

A palm slapped onto Qing Yunzi's shoulder, and looking at his junior wincing in pain, Yi Chen revealed a satisfied smile.

He was back, they were all back, and all the familiar feelings had returned.

"Let's go, let's first pay respects to Master with a stick of incense."

"Master would never have imagined that in just a short three years, our Hidden Dragon Temple would flourish like this."

The group of four exchanged smiles and proceeded into the palace.

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Starry night.

Two shadows swept out from Falling Dragon Mountain.

"Junior brother, are Qing Feng and Ming Yue asleep?"

"They're asleep. Big brother, why are you sneaking me out so mysteriously, what's going on?"

"Big brother is taking you to a fun place. Keep quiet, let's fly quickly. Remember, today you're not Qing Yunzi, you're 'Oversea Hawk'."

"Ah?"

As the facade of Colorful Tower slowly emerged, the two figures immediately appeared in a deep alley.

Before Qing Yunzi even entered Colorful Tower, he could hear the faint sound of singing, with the lyrics clearly audible.

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'With heavy makeup, the grand play begins!'

'Below the stage, people pass without seeing the old faces; on the stage, one sings the heartrending song of separation.'

...

Each floor of the building echoed with different verses and singing voices, enhancing each other's brilliance, as rows of fairies dressed in a variety of shapes and sizes, veiled, weaved among them.

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"Big brother, are we..."

"My foolish junior brother, big brother is here to temper your heart in the mortal world. Don't let Qing Feng and Ming Yue know about this, they're still young, it's not yet time."

"Didn't big brother give you five hundred and ten droplets of Gold Essence today? If I don't train you, I'm afraid bad women will cheat you out of everything in less than two years."

"Remember, only by engaging with the world can you transcend it."

"Big brother is just like that, sitting subtly in Colorful Tower, yet the heart is like the clear moon in the sky."

With the example set by Lin Zhengyi and his foolish disciple Zuo Qianfu, Yi Chen couldn't help but worry about Qing Yunzi.

Now, as Yi Chengzi's name resounded throughout the land, with Qing Yunzi being his junior, it was hard to tell how many fairies were coveting and hunting him. He had to inoculate him first.

One who can enter Colorful Tower and still leave intact is considered to have achieved a little success.

For the future of Hidden Dragon Temple, Yi Chen was deeply concerned.

Under the same stretch of stars, in different lands,

within the golden imperial palace, the Millennium Emperor was still poring over a thick stack of documents, scrutinizing something carefully, when at that moment, the door creaked open.

A dignified woman walked in gracefully and placed a three-tiered food box next to him.

"Husband, are you still studying the plans proposed by the State Preceptor?"

"Yes, Yue Ji, what the State Preceptor said before indeed coincides with my own plans."

"The heritage of Central Continent still remains, and if we attack forcefully, the death and injury will be severe. Everyone has old friends and family, and this will also inflame the enmity of Central Continent's cultivators towards us."

"As the great calamity approaches, the State Preceptor once said that he had an unexpected encounter with a powerful being on his way to Dragon Tiger Mountain, someone immensely powerful who talked about the looming chaos in the Demon Realm."

"Yue Ji, do you think if at the brink of the great calamity, I first let the sects of Central Continent fall into demon chaos, wounded but not dead, and then I intervene to suppress Central Continent, extending grace and authority, that I could make the sects submit to us with minimal cost?"

"That could indeed be a masterstroke," the dignified woman mused for a moment and then chuckled, "Are these the plans you and the State Preceptor discussed over three days and nights?"

"Yes, the State Preceptor truly has remarkable talent. With such a person, if he cannot be the National Teacher of Great Qin, I've even felt a bit murderous." Ying Si set aside the documents in his hand, and could not help but bitterly smile.